{"product_id":"where-gods-gamble-a-tale-of-american-mythology-hardcover","title":"Where Gods Gamble: A Tale of American Mythology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. Bradford Eastland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost so-called \"epic\" novels are the stuff of motion picture blockbusters: tragic love stories, diabolical villains, great battles with gigantic armies colliding upon endless fl at plains of death. Yet in the real world, for most people, the greatest battles of their lives are the ones fought inside their own heads--and the villains are creatures both self-created and self-nurtured.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeet Charlie Barnes. Age 24, bright, college-educated, talented ... and a failure. Now he's back home in Los Angeles after a disastrous two-year pilgrimage to New York and back. No more time to fail. Time to give it one last shot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Set against the backdrop of the 1980 Iranian Hostage Crisis and colored by panoramas of California's fabled Santa Anita Racetrack, \u003ci\u003eWhere Gods Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e is Eastland's emotional dance through the history, hope, and failed promise of America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA reluctant hero, young Barnes is a typical, willing victim of America's manufactured myths and sweet, seductive slogans. But now he has an important decision to make. Will he pursue the depressing, false security of a normal 9-to-5 job? Will he select the far more difficult--yet infinitely more fulfi lling--career of a professional gambler? Or will he succumb to his own internal demons in trying to sort it all out ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Bradford Eastland visited the world s racetracks while surviving decades of nine-to-five jobs, amply qualifying him to write \"Where Gods Gamble.\" He currently lives in Los Angeles with his fourteen-year-old son; he is working on his fourth novel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470085603506,"sku":"9781450289764","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b5f91c8ad7dcc9b3cfdca3c166a91cbd.webp?v=1779087185","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/where-gods-gamble-a-tale-of-american-mythology-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}